Where does “bledmíl” come from?

bledmíl (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish míl, from Proto-Celtic meli, from Proto-Indo-European mélid — honey.

bledmíl (Old Irish): sea-monster

Definitions

  1. sea-monster

Ancestry of “bledmíl”, step by step

bledmíl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish míl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishmílanimal; louse
2Proto-Celticmelihoney
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmélidhoney

via Old Irish bled

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbledsea-monster
2Proto-Celticbledyoswolf, large predator

Words derived from “bledmíl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mélid →Every word from Proto-Celtic meli →Every word from Old Irish míl →